Things come to light clearer when you are looking back. When events have been peppered with time, the things which occurred are made clearer in hindsight. Also, as the time passed, we segregate the good feelings and those memories from the bad ones, and now, by looking back, we can decide which ones we would want to dwell on the most?
Thinking about the things that were, the events which we experienced on a physical encounter, are the clearest of all. Those things are the most personal! You can also remember those things which you observed, whether you were a witness to the event, or you sat sipping coffee and watching it on TV? These type of things are not as clear, because you took no part physically. But there are some events in life which transcends this law, because of the enormity of them, and the emotions that were brought out of you? All of us can remember where we were, and what we were doing that day on 9/11! Those scenes were so horrific, and so maddening, that we had a physical reaction there too! So maybe the vividness of these memories are also tied to our physical reaction? These types of memories become extremely personal, and so, we can recall them much clearer!
Strange as it may seem, the bad times are always more vivid, and they stay with us much longer! Far more so then do the happy ones? Though they fade with the passing years, we love to look back on good times! But sometimes, the bad times need no such coaxing, for these can come back without any thought, brought to remembrance by something as innocent as a word!
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